Hogan Discusses City Violence, Medicare Waiver

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Friday, July 13, 2018
Tyler Waldman, WBAL NewsRadio 1090

Gov. Larry Hogan was on with C4 Friday, talking about a variety of topics from the rising tide of city violence to the recent agreement with federal officials on a Medicare waiver for the state's all-payer model.

The waiver, he says, will save Marylanders at least $1 billion.

"It provides better care at a better value with less cost to the consumer," Hogan said.

Continuing his line of argument from earlier this week, the governor brushed off claims that there was a more extreme conservative agenda in waiting should he win re-election in the fall.

"My entire being, everything about my administration, from the day I took the oath of office until today has been about reaching across the aisle, coming up with bipartisan common sense solutions," Hogan said.

He said a number of top Democrats have either supported him or decided to sit out the governor's race rather than endorse Democratic nominee Ben Jealous, the former NAACP president. This week, Hogan's campaign announced endorsements from former House Speaker Casper R. Taylor Jr and the mayors of Gaithersburg, Bowie and Hurlock, as well as a number of current and former city councilmen in Bowie and Hagerstown. Comptroller Peter Franchot has said he'll remain neutral in the race.

"Nearly all of the leadership of the Democratic party has abandoned this nominee and they're supporting me," Hogan said.